Noriko Kawamura on violin, with Shinyo Yoshida and Youshin Yoshida chanting. 河村典子常楽寺 住職 吉田真譽 吉田洋眞A member of the celebrated string trio Orchestrio Zurich—also known as the smallest orchestra in the world—Noriko Kawamura started playing violin at the age of three. Later, while a student at Toho University of Music in Tokyo, she took first prize in the Mainichi Student Music Contest. Noriko furthered her music training as a scholarship student at the universities of Munich, Essen and Berlin, winning numerous prizes along the way, including the Kranichsteiner Music Prize at the Darmstadt Modern Music Festival in 1978. In 1991, she received the Klangmobil prize from the Swiss Music Council. Noriko has taken part in many original performances and recordings of contemporary music, ranging from solos to experimental performances involving Japanese traditional bunraku puppet theater, shakuhachi music and pantomime. She also directs the Andere Kommermusik (Different Chamber Music) concert series in Zurich and Baden. 「世界最小のオーケストラ」として名高い弦楽三重奏オーケストリオ・チューリッヒのメンバー。 3歳よりバイオリンを始め、桐朋学園大学時代に毎日学生音楽コンクール全国第一位を受賞。その後、奨学金を受けミュンヘン、エッセン、ベルリンの各音楽大学で研鑚を積みました。 1979年ダルムシュタット現代音楽祭においてクラニッヒシュタイナー音楽賞を、そして1991年スイス音楽評議会からはKlangmobil 賞など、これまでに数多くの賞を受賞。 現代音楽のレコーディングやソロ活動から、日本